First, we went to the Justizgebaeude or Justizpalast (Palace of Justice) where the Nuremburg Trials took place. These were the trials in which many Nazis were tried and convicted of warcrimes, the most notable being Hermann Göring (President of the Reichtag 1932-1945), Rudolf Hess (Deputy Führer 1933-1941). There were no tours going on when we were there, but at least we got to walk around the building.
Next, we went to the Germanishes Nationalmuseum. Outside of the museum, there were some fun things to play with. Here's Jon making some wheel spin around using a spiral water thing.
Also outside of the museum, there was an arch and a long row of pillars that had the Universal Declaration of Human Rights written on them in German and a variety of other languages.
Then we went into the museum. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum has a lot of old stuff. Most of what we saw was art and artifacts from the church. We also saw some old tombstones, some old musical instruments, some old scientific instruments (like the globe from my last post), and some old things from life in the 1400s. According to the museum's founder, it is "well-ordered compendium of all available source material for German history, literature and art". It was all really interesting. Also, the museum building incorporates the remaining parts of the Nuremburg Charterhouse - a monastery built in the 1380s. It was absolutely beautiful. Here's a few of the many pictures we took at the museum.
A painting from Albrecht Dürer, who is from Nuremburg
After the museum, we went and had our favorite lunch, Doener, while we watched part of a soccer game.
Then, we went to St. Lorenzkirche. This was my favorite part of our time in Germany so far. The church was built in 1250 and was one of the first churches to become Lutheran in Germany (in 1525). The church was severely damaged in the bombings by the Allies on Nuremburg in WWII, but was reconstructed after the war.
Walking into the church was the best. There was a choir practice going on at the time, and the singing combined with the beauty of the church and everything else was overwhleming. It was absolutely amazing. Here's a video I took - sitting and listening to the choir and walking around the church.
After we went in the church, we walked through the Marktplatz. It was really busy and there were a lot of street performers out. This guy was pretty impressive.
Then we went into another church, St. Sebaldus Church. Construction on this church started in the 1230s and ended around 1275. Johann Pachelbel (who composed Canon in D) was the organist here from 1695-1705 (when he died). The church was also damaged severely in the bombings, but reconstructed after the war.
After St. Sebaldus, we went to the Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle). We didn't go into the castle (we didn't want to pay), but we still walked around the castle grounds. There was a really nice view of the city from the top.
After we went to the castle, we were pretty much done. We saw a few other things on the long walk back to the train station (but I don't want to put the pictures up, since I'm running out of space to put pictures up here). It was a really fun day, and we saw a lot of cool stuff. Watch Jon's video to see more about our day in Nuremburg.
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